[SamAdams76]

Well the tradition did offer women a brief respite from having to worry about what to wear that day.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Well the tradition did offer women a brief respite from having to worry about what to wear that day.

Written like a man. How little you understand the complexities! There was "Full Mourning" and "Half Mourning" and "Mourning gloves" and "Mourning hats". You would understand all that if you watched Downton Abbey, or The English verson of Antiques Roadshow.

[afraidfortherepublic]

There was even “Mourning jewelry”.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Does this death shroud make me look fat?

[Shimmer1]

More than that, it told everyone around you that your emotions may be brittle and fragile.

a brilliant friend told me that and it was true and helpful, when the time came.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not unless you were poor. And then you didn't buy morning because it was too expensive.

While you clothing was all black you still had to have them cut in different styles. You needed morning dress and afternoon dress, tea dress, calling dress, dinner dress, evening dress (after the first six months you were allowed small quiet entertainments) riding dress, traveling dress. You needed several of each because it just would Not Do to be caught wearing the same dress in close sequence.

Let's not even talk about half morning and quarter morning.